@gymcastic.com"My body would shred and crackle and fall apart."
The gymnastics pentathlon lets you do every women's and every men's event in one competition. Add tumbling and trampoline: 14 events. People do it every year.
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@gymcastic.com"There needs to be an avenue for whatever version of gymnastics speaks to you most."
Access and opportunity should exist for every kind of gymnastics. Andrew will die on that hill.
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@gymcastic.comA guy in his 50s who had just gotten his back tuck.
The most exciting athlete Andrew watched at the Gay Games. Trying something new and scary in middle age takes the ego out of it — and earns his respect.
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@gymcastic.com"I never got turned down doing that."
Andrew's method for getting a gym to start an adult class: bring a list of friends who have already committed to two nights a week at a set price. Guaranteed income turns a no into a yes.
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@gymcastic.com"I hated that question as a kid. Get off my back."
Are you going to the Olympics? Jessica wants Americans to stop asking little kids. You can do gymnastics until you are 80 — that is how healthy it is for you.
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@gymcastic.com"Nobody came out of the womb in an over split."
The excuse Andrew hears most is that people would love to, but they are not flexible. Nobody was when they started. Any age, any body, period.
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@gymcastic.com"A queer adult gymnast, competing in any organization that will have me."
Andrew Chupp's mission in his own words: gender swapping, coed blending, all the events for all the people.
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@gymcastic.com"We need the warm up before the warm up."
The biggest mistake gyms make with adult classes is booking one hour. Adults need a full 30 minutes first — hips, ankles, band walks, all the prehab.
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@gymcastic.com"We need to move away from everything is a deduction."
Andrew's fix for gymnastics scoring: steal it from figure skating. Start at a base and add for what is great.
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